The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Philadelphia Chapter is holding a technical meeting. The topic is NFPA 130 Wire and Cable Requirements. Our speaker is Alex Marciano, Application Engineer, Marmon Industrial Energy & Infrastructure Group. This presentation discusses the requirements given by NFPA 130 for wire and cable. The lecture will discuss non-emergency and emergency circuit requirements. Mr. Marciano will explain how cables are protected by following materials, installation, and testing requirements given by NFPA 130, NFPA 70, IEEE 1202, and UL 2196. A slide show summarizes the codes and standards, as well as showing photographs of cable testing and installation methods to meet requirements. Attendees may apply for 1.0 PDH provided through the IEEE Certificates Program, accepted in all states. Send $5.00 (USD) payment to Brandon Swartley via Zelle at [email protected] and complete the online evaluation at https://r2.ieee.org/philadelphia-vts/forms/. Evaluation form must be completed and payment received within one week to receive PDH certificate. Speaker(s): Alex Marciano Agenda: Introduction Technical presentation - Non-Emergency Circuits • Chapter 12 wiring requirement - non-emergency • FT4/IEEE1202 vertical flame and smoke release test • UL 1685 vertical flame and smoke release test - Emergency Circuits • NFPA 130 wire requirements, design, reliability, emergency circuits, fire alarm and communication cables NFPA 70 areas of assembly • UL 2196 fire resistive certification and FHIT listings and selection • What is a complete system? Known issues Questions Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419802

Emotional Intelligence is one of the human power skills that is more in demand today than ever. Leaders that excel at EQ are going to be the ones most sought after and indispensable in organizations. In this talk we will - Build a clear understanding of the Emotional Intelligence Model - Help you to understand your responses and how your mindset and emotions have an impact Speaker(s): Nikki Evans Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409083

June ExCom Meeting Agenda: TBD Bldg: MAI, (Checkpoint Surgical) 6050 Oak Tree Blvd, Independence, Ohio, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/420477

Abstract: Thermoelectric power generators can convert waste heat into useful electrical energy, but traditional thermoelectric device manufacturing uses bulk material processing with machining, assembly, and integration steps which lead to material waste and performance limitations. The traditional manufacturing approach offers virtually no flexibility in designing the architecture of thermoelectric modules, especially at multiple length scales. Additive manufacturing can overcome these challenges. Although printing techniques, including 3D printing, have been explored for thermoelectric devices, these techniques have been limited to organic or organic-inorganic composite materials. Additive manufacturing solutions have not been demonstrated for inorganic thermoelectric materials. This presentation will describe our progress in laser-based additive manufacturing of thermoelectric materials such as tellurides and silicides. Laser powder bed fusion (also known as selective laser melting) is an additive manufacturing process which locally melts successive layers of material powder to construct three-dimensional objects. When applied to thermoelectric materials, this technique could enable new shapes, hierarchical structuring, material-to-device integration, and large-area processing. The presentation will show the first demonstrations of laser additive manufacturing applied to thermoelectric materials and discuss the link between materials, manufacturing, and system-level considerations for thermoelectric power generators. Speaker(s): Prof. Saniya Agenda: - Date: 6 June 2024 - Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/421017

We welcome spouses and partners to a day of activities on Saturday during the joint meetings: Agenda: IEEE Region 1 & 2 Companion Program (Updated 5/7/2024) Saturday June 8, 2024 Price per person: $75 8:30 AM: Depart from Hotel Lobby 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM: Stamford Museum & Natural Center ((https://www.stamfordmuseum.org/)) 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM: Lunch Sign of the Whale ((https://www.signofthewhalect.com/)) 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM: Pedal Cruise (https://pedalcruise.com/stamford-ct); 3:30 PM: Return to Hotel Stamford Marriott Hotel & Spa , 243 Tresser Blvd, Stamford, Connecticut, United States, 06901

Attendees will be provided with a technical presentation and walking tour of eLoop’s new facility. eLoop provides high quality and cost effective IT Asset Disposition (ITAD). ITAD is the practice of properly decommissioning of electronic hardware and devices, which is critical for ensuring a firm’s data is not compromised. The process ensures that outdated and failed devices are recycled in a safe, secure, and sustainable manner. A variety of equipment types are decommissioned in the plant including but not limited to computers ( desk mount & Laptop), monitors, stand-alone hard drives and flat screen TV’s. The tour will depict how devices are disassembled and/or shredded and inserted into the appropriate sustainable recycling streams. A complementary limited menu lunch will be provided at a nearby TBD venue. Speaker(s): Ned Eldbridge, 1 Wesco Drive, Export, Pennsylvania, United States, 15632

Green and sustainable software engineering is a rising field that aims at adopting energy-efficient software and hardware in an environmentally friendly manner with less negative impacts and carbon footprint. This topic is very important now that there is a list of the top 500 green supercomputers in the world, updated semi-annually, to promote the use of them. In a broader sense, green computing refers to the methods of creating, utilizing, and disposing of computing resources in an eco-friendly manner that preserves overall computing functionality. This encompasses minimizing the use of harmful substances, optimizing product performance throughout its lifespan while minimizing its energy usage, and ensuring that the used resources are either reusable, recyclable, or biodegradable to reduce their environmental impact. The talk will cover the recent efforts and advances in green computing and sustainable software engineering. Some of the topics to be covered are sustainable big data centers and cloud computing, the carbon footprint of a computer program and different techniques and methods for measuring it, introduction to state-of-the-art new emerging devices that promote high sustainability, reusability, and low-power, such as Neuromorphic computers and AI chips. In addition, the speaker will share their experience about introducing these topics to undergraduate senior students and why it’s important to promote this type of education in other schools. Speaker(s): Amr Mahmoud Room: 1235, Bldg: Benedum Hall, 3700 O'Hara St., 1235 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/420986

IEEE R2 Mini-Sync IEEE Author Center Agenda: IEEE Author Center Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/389636

Fluid-like models, such as the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards (LWR) model and their discretizations like Daganzo’s Cell Transmission Model (CTM), have proven successful in modeling traffic networks. In general, these models are not linear; they employ discontinuous dynamics or nonlinear terms to describe phenomena like shock waves and phantom jams. Given the complexity of the dynamics, it is not surprising that the stability properties of these models are not yet well characterized. Recent results have shown the existence of a unique equilibrium in the free flow regime for certain classes of networks modeled by the CTM; however, these results restrict inflows to the system to be bounded or constant. Further, it is of interest to understand the system behavior in congested regimes since links in various practical networks are often congested. Speaker(s): Dr. Vijay Gupta Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/419622

The IRS’ definition of R&D and industry’s definition of R&D differ. A large majority of R&D performed in the US is done in the private sector, rather than done by universities and the work that qualifies for R&D Tax Credits is much broader (and more lucrative) than you would think. The program that pays for this R&D work is the Research Tax Credit, which is administered by the IRS. This presentation, R&D Tax Credits for Engineers and Scientists, is a high level basic primer that will teach you what type of R&D work that you already do qualifies for the credit and the general steps required to present your work successfully to the IRS. Speaker(s): Richard Bernstein Agenda: IEEE-USA's free webinars/events are designed to help you find your next job, maintain your career, negotiate an appropriate salary, understand ethical considerations in the workplace and learn about other career-building strategies and public policy developments that affect your profession. For information regarding upcoming webinars or to visit our vast webinar archive, please visit: (https://ieeeusa.org/careers/webinars/) (https://newsletter.smartbrief.com/rest/sign-up/2479DAB0-4089-43E7-925D-86AE0C1E6244?campaign=e0d52cef) Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409084